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Saving Blue Ridge Parkway Land

The National Park Service is working closely with regional land trusts to preserve land and views bordering the Blue Ridge Parkway's 469 miles.

Barack Obama on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Karen Russell was simply going for a hike on a trail off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, N.C. when she happened to cross paths with a most prestigious hiker.

Growing Rose Trees

“In bitter weather, the leaves of rhododendrons roll into thin black cigars of misery and present a singularly depressing appearance. There is no need for a thermometer to judge the temperature if these particular plants are in sight.”

Something There is That Doesn’t Love a Wall

Twenty-three years after writing a brief historical summary of the Blue Ridge Parkway’s early years, Ed Abbuehl told an interviewer that the parkway represented “a magnificent example of cooperation.”

Set in Stone

Stonemasons , engineers, landscape architects, surveyors and so many others were part of the building of the Blue Ridge Parkway, between 1935 and 1987, milepost 1 to milepost 469, Cumberland Knob groundbreaking to Linn Cove Viaduct completion.

Current Issue

Boundaries between parkway and private land are defined and also porous.

Saving Blue Ridge Parkway Land

The National Park Service is working closely with regional land trusts to preserve land and views bordering the Blue Ridge Parkway's 469 miles.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama meet Karen Russell on a hiking trail off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, N.C.

Barack Obama on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Karen Russell was simply going for a hike on a trail off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, N.C. when she happened to cross paths with a most prestigious hiker.
Mountain Laurel

Growing Rose Trees

“In bitter weather, the leaves of rhododendrons roll into thin black cigars of misery and present a singularly depressing appearance. There is no need for a thermometer to judge the temperature if these particular plants are in sight.”
Stone Guardrail on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Something There is That Doesn’t Love a Wall

Twenty-three years after writing a brief historical summary of the Blue Ridge Parkway’s early years, Ed Abbuehl told an interviewer that the parkway represented “a magnificent example of cooperation.”
Parkway History

Set in Stone

Stonemasons , engineers, landscape architects, surveyors and so many others were part of the building of the Blue Ridge Parkway, between 1935 and 1987, milepost 1 to milepost 469, Cumberland Knob groundbreaking to Linn Cove Viaduct completion.
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At Coopers Rock State Forest, new Stargazer cabins invite guests to look up through skylights and telescopes.
Country Roads

Even Closer to Almost Heaven

New Stargazer cabins at Coopers Rock State Forest offer a skyward escape in the mountains of West Virginia.

June 29, 2026
©Duncan Seaman
Country Roads

A Mountain Tradition Turns 90 

Visitors flock to Galax, Virginia, each summer for the Old Fiddlers’ Convention, a days-long celebration of Appalachian music.

June 29, 2026
Synchronous Fireflies
Creature Feature

The Light Fantastic

Fireflies are struggling with the effects of artificial light.

June 29, 2026

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